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The Long, Hot Summer (1958)

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Summary: Ben Quick arrives in Frenchman's Bend, MS after being kicked out of another town for allegedly burning a barn for revenge. Will Varner owns just about everything in Frenchman's Bend and he hires Ben to work in his store. Will thinks his own son, Jody, who manages the store, lacks ambition and despairs of him getting his wife, Eula, pregnant. Will thinks his daughter, Clara, a schoolteacher, will never get married. He decides that Ben Quick might make a good husband for Clara to bring some new blood into the family. (imdb)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Directed By: Martin Ritt
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na billkerwin
70
 T2
Why is it that when Hollywood looks at Faulkner it sees Tennessee Williams? Welles hams it up, and Newman tries to make it through on cold blue eyes and sweaty sexuality alone. Only Angela Lansbury seems to know what this is about, and that in itself is not enough. Martin Ritt provides his usual lacklustre direction.
na GFD
70
 T7
na SirRobbie
80
 T8
na jeff_v
58
 T3
na isabellacn
76
 T6
na chiphall72
78
 T7
na babaracus
60
 T1
na IMDb-byvotes
72
 T6
na ecalder
54
 T4
na Hagar
65
 T5
na no1oscar
94
 T9
na Princezz
80
 T8
na danielldb
80
 T9
na winds
5
 T6
na Simon M.
44
 T2
na -BigEvil-
65
 T4
Paul Newman wanders in and disrupts an already dysfunctional family. Though there are some clever exchanges of dialogue and many sexual implications, I felt this was a bit dated. I disliked the near-caricaturization of the South, and most of the acting was pretty weak. The exception and highlight is Orson Welles, playing a particularly despicable brute who dominates an entire town and its people.
na cinebaixar
83
 T7
na kastenm
75
 T6
na hsbanzhaf
90
 T9
na travelin_man
79
 T5
na Bevo52
85
 T8
na cranky
74
 T8
na Al Chambers
80
 T3
na Bacchanalian
72
 T6
na mynameisdoug
70
 T4
na Serigala
65
 T6
na Enygma
60
 T1
na avgcrtckr
63
 T6
na DannyPizdetz
100
 T6
na Sinemaestro
68
 T4
na xacviant
82
 T6
THE LONG, HOT SUMMER boasts a fantastic cast: Paul Newman (who won Best Actor at Cannes), Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Lee Remick, and Angela Lansbury. They're all as good as you'd expect, but one co-star outshines them all: Orson Welles, as the local baron Will Varner. Bloated and gray, boisterous, imperious, and semi-coherent, Welles is great fun to watch, and single-handedly makes the film worthwhile; the script and direction meander a bit, but are likewise worthy, as is the score.
na Dufftone
75
 T5
na glumpy_99
78
 T4
Standard southern melodrama elevated by its cast; Newman and Woodward have electric chemistry together; Welles does his best Burl Ives impression and Lansbury is fine (if fleeting) as an unlikely love interest for Welles. Jazzy Alex North score and unusually provocative dialogue at times is hampered somewhat by echoes of better films with similar subject matter (HOT TIN ROOF comes immediately to mind).
na batui
50
 T3
na rant1229
30
 T5
na celluloidc
59
 T8
na lesintrigant
85
 T10
na Dean Franz
49
 T5
Sort of like a less stagy Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, which would be a good thing, except it's marred by an ending that goes to ridiculous lengths to tie up all the loose ends. Welles is fantastic and the otherwise so-so film completely comes to life everytime he's on screen. There's sadly a few too many things working against him, not least Woodwards wooden performance (pardon the lameness, but that's the only word that truly covers it) and the fact that nothing here feels like Faulkner.
na CMQuinn
90
 T10
na OfTheAllies
50
 T3
na aliazadegan
95
 T10
na hoolie
85
 T7
na keskin
48
 T3
na scollection
58
 T7
na lachinita
95
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na DougReese
60
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na TheRev
88
 T8
na RoundMyWay
57
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na DingDang
80
 T6
na Zoltan
85
 T10
na RNG
65
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na djross
70
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na redmdb
87
 T5
na seyfettin
50
 T2
na Travisbickle
85
 T6
na LRibeiro
74
 T5
na MaxBaron
92
 T8
na welike
30
 T7
na TroyAnderson
71
 T7
na metropical
80
 T3
some bad over acting on Tonys part, but overall very good. Definitely dated in many ways
na Jeanie72
79
 T5
na dharmabum
92
 T10
na soitgoes
50
 T3
na moeta2
84
 T6
na AddisondeWit
80
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na Cerebrus
50
 T4
na natasha21
90
 T9
na helfen419
88
 T9
na filmaffinity
73
 T9
na Storchcom
86
 T8
na Riverbelle
90
 T8
na kangadoodoo
55
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na blevine1989
91
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na redux
60
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na Cloudynow
75
 T9
na dagda2
90
 T9
na dead man
80
 T5
na collection
72
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na filmgirl79
70
 T6
na imajeep
89
 T6
na imdb
72
 T8
na captainjazz
60
 T5
na masoo
70
 T6
Not what you'd call great Faulkner; it's actually closer to Tennessee Williams. Orson Welles has really odd makeup, and the movie's ending is so happy it's creepy. But it's an entertaining film.
na schnofel
75
 T9
na mariestdenis
85
 T7
na bestauntie
90
 T9
na maddriver52
85
 T9
na comanchex
50
 T2
na iar80
94
 T10
na lebasi
5
 T10
na kogepanic
90
 T10
Average Tier 6.27 from 91 Rankings rss